A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

New York's oldest magic store.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

Folky pharmaceuticals abound in this medicinal reliquary.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.